Replication data for: The Missing Food Problem: Trade, Agriculture, and International Productivity Differences
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Project Citation:
Tombe, Trevor. Replication data for: The Missing Food Problem: Trade, Agriculture, and International Productivity Differences. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114067V1
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Summary:
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Agriculture in poor countries has low productivity, high employment, and negligible trade flows relative to other sectors. These facts motivate a multisector, open-economy view of international productivity differences. With a quantitative multicountry model featuring nonhomothetic preferences, multiple interrelated sectors, distorted labor markets, and costly trade, I find: trade amplifies the negative effect of labor market distortions; trade costs—large for poor countries, especially in agriculture—significantly contribute to international productivity differences; and explicitly modeling agriculture reveals additional channels through which poor countries may gain from trade. (JEL F41, J24, J43, O13, O19, Q11, Q17)
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F41 Open Economy Macroeconomics
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J43 Agricultural Labor Markets
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O19 International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Q11 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
Q17 Agriculture in International Trade
F41 Open Economy Macroeconomics
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J43 Agricultural Labor Markets
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O19 International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Q11 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
Q17 Agriculture in International Trade
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